"Forgive your enemies,
but never forget their names."
--John F. Kennedy
The answers are at the end of the quiz. 76. What main attraction in central Massachusetts is a representation of a farming settlement of the early 19th century?
a. Old Sturbridge Village
b. Carousel Under-The-Clock
c. Riverside Park
77. The House of the Seven Gables, built in 1688, was made famous in a novel by whom?
a. Sylvia Plath
b. Jane Swift
c. Nathaniel Hawthorne
78. Where is The House of the Seven Gables?
a. Salem
b. Weymouth
c. Litchfield
79. Where was the country's first ironworks?
a. Rockport
b. Saugus
c. Princeton
80. What trail includes Faneuil Hall, the Old South Meeting House, and the Old North Church?
a. The Mohawk Trail
b. The Dusty Trail
c. The Freedom Trail
81. Where were lanterns hung to signal the beginning of the ride of Paul Revere?
a. Faneuil Hall
b. Old North Church
c. Old South Meeting House
82. Where are The Bunker Hill Monument and the U.S.S. Constitution?
a. Charlestown
b. Cambridge
c. Agawam
83. A reconstruction of the original Mayflower can be seen where?
a. Nantucket
b. Martha's Vineyard
c. Plymouth
84. On what island is Gay Head?
a. Martha's Vineyard
b. Nantucket
c. Georges Island
85. Nantucket Island was once what?
a. A hat center
b. A whaling center
c. A cheese center
86. What in Boston is the oldest standing black church in the United States?
a. The African Meeting House
b. King's Chapel
c. Park Street Church
87. Where is the John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site, the birthplace and early boyhood home of the 35th president?
a. Cambridge
b. Onset
c. Brookline
88. The Adams National Historical Site commemorates the American family that includes two United States presidents, John Adams and John Quincy Adams. Where is it?
a. Quincy
b. Orleans
c. Northfield
89. What Massachusetts resident was a conservationist, a landscape architect, and the founder of city planning?
a. Bruce J. Ayers
b. Frederick Law Olmsted
c. David C. Bunker
90. What poet taught at Harvard from 1837 to 1882?
a. Scott P. Brown
b. John Greenleaf Whittier
c. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
91. What famous author worked at the Customs House in Salem?
a. Nathaniel Hawthorne
b. Emily Dickinson
c. John Ward
92. What, located in Lexington and Concord, preserves the scene of the fighting between the colonial militia and British troops on April 19, 1775, the day that launched the American War of Independence?
a. Burial Hill
b. The Minute Man National Historical Park
c. Indian Burial Ground
93. Where was the first ordered firing upon British troops in 1775, resulting in "the shot heard 'round the world"?
a. The North Bridge
b. Blue Hills Reservation
c. The Boston Common
94. Where is Nickerson State Park?
a. Springfield
b. Becket
c. Cape Cod
95. Where is Skinner State Park?
a. Hadley
b. Beverly
c. Worcester
96. What famous artist painted "The Oxbow," which fixed the public's image of New England landscape for decades?
a. Ruth B. Balser
b. Nancy Caffyn
c. Thomas Cole
97. What writer is associated with Walden Pond?
a. Julia Ward Howe
b. Henry David Thoreau
c. Barbara Gardner
98. What is the nation's oldest public park?
a. Boston Common
b. Forest Park
c. Highland Park
99. The evacuation of Boston by the British is commemorated each year in the city with a parade on what day?
a. July 4
b. March 17
c. February 14
100. The third Monday in April, is marked by a reenactment of Paul Revere's ride and by ceremonies at Lexington and Concord. On the same day, athletes from around the world compete in the Boston Marathon. What day is this in Massachusetts?
a. Patriot's Day
b. Heritage Days
c. Homecoming Days
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